Derek Jeter apparently had a good laugh after unflattering photos of himself were splashed across the tabloids last week which suggested the New York Yankees star had packed on a few pounds while undergoing recovery from ankle surgery. The Yankees Captain was dubbed "Captian Munch' and "Derek Eater." Jeter, was a guest on Michael Kay's ESPN-NY radio show Monday and made several jokes about the recent photos that led the media to declare that the Yankees shortstop had let himself go. "I thought it was pretty funny," Jeter said with a laugh. The funny thing is, a day or two before then, people were telling me that I looked like I lost a lot of weight." Later in the day, Jeter's buddy Harold Reynolds, the former player and current MLB Network analyst, offered photographic proof that Jeter hadn't gone to pot by tweeting a photo of himself and Jeter after they had lunch together on Sunday. The photo shows an actually svelte looking Jeets looking a lot like his old 195-pound self. ...

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